Sorta Game — the daily ordering puzzle
Put the world in order… sorta.
Three quiet rounds, five things each, and one hidden way to arrange them. Trust your instinct and see how close your order comes to the truth.
Sorta Game puzzle #1 · July 11, 2026
Three rounds of five things, each with a hidden scale to sort them by — then one last guess at the theme tying all three together. Here’s what this puzzle asks.
Round 1
Order these everyday items from fastest to slowest to decompose in a natural environment.
- A standard tin soup can
- A plastic water bottle
- A basic cotton t-shirt
- A glass jar
- A dropped apple core
Round 2
Order these systems from the shortest to longest amount of time they can retain information without active reinforcement.
- Disconnected computer RAM
- Human short-term memory
- Ink on standard newsprint
- An oral folk tradition
- Fossilized ancient DNA
Round 3
Order these objects from fastest to slowest to completely break apart or dissolve in a bucket of ordinary water.
- A rough chunk of limestone
- An effervescent aspirin tablet
- A sheet of printer paper
- A tuft of cotton candy
- A solid gold ring